TIME
It aims “[to] provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyberthreat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities,” as well as “other purposes.” …information in the possession of an element of the...
TIME
Trend Micro U.S. Vice President of Cybersecurity Joins National Cyber Security ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The National Cyber SecurityAlliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on cybersecurity awareness and education for all digital citizens, today announced that Trend Micro will ...
US Under Cyber-Attack From Multiple Nations
ITProPortal
That's according to an ex-FBI employee who was the organisation's top expert in matters of cyber-defence, Shawn Henry. He wouldn't name the foreign powers in question, though. Others in the cyber-security world have pointed the finger at China, ...
ITProPortal
Top FBI cyber-cop joins spy thwarting startup
Phys.Org
Veteran FBI cyber security expert Shawn Henry, pictured here in December 2010, said he is fighting the enemy on a new front by joining a startup out to protect firms from online spies. Veteran FBI cyber security expert Shawn Henry said he is fighting ...
Cyber security bill passes DHS committee, but lamented as inadequate
Government Security News
The House Homeland Security Committee approved a Cyber security bill on April 18 aimed at improving securing federal information systems and helping private sector critical infrastructure owners/operators, but key committee members complained its ...
SAIC opening cyber cyber security center
UPI.com
MELBOURNE, April 19 (UPI) -- A research and development center for cybersecurity in Australia is on the board for US company Science Applications International Corp. The center will be in Melbourne and is part of SAIC's larger plan to expand its ...
FBI's Top Cyber Official Joins Startup Security Firm CrowdStrike
RedOrbit
Henry, who retired from the FBI last month after 24 years of service, was executive assistant director of the agency's criminal, cyber, response, and service branch since September 2010. Prior to that, he served as assistant director in charge of the ...
Vote Nears On Controversial Cybersecurity Bill (CISPA)
RedOrbit
Sponsors of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) released the latest changes to their legislation this week, a move they hope will address the concerns of a coalition of civil liberties groups who have launched a ...
RedOrbit
CISPA Will Improve U.S. Cybersecurity
U.S. News & World Report
The US House of Representatives will have an opportunity next week to pass a critically important cybersecurity bill. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR 3523) is sponsored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, ...
Stop CISPA? Cybersecurity bill adds six new co-sponsors in two days
Digitaltrends.com
Despite efforts to stop the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, better known as CISPA, the bill has gained six more co-sponsors in the past two days, bringing the total to 112. Since the launch on Monday of a concerted effort by Internet and ...
Digitaltrends.com
CISPA Isn't 'Son of SOPA' (But That's Not Saying Much)
Wired News
This Congress has dealt with dozens of bills relating to cybersecurity; most are now dead or dormant. The odds-on favorite to emerge in the House follows the ominous path: CISPA, formally known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. It's ...
Wired News
HP Research Identifies New Era of Security Risk, Shifting Vulnerability Landscape
MarketWatch (press release)
PALO ALTO, CA, Apr 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- HP (NYSE:HPQ) today published the 2011 Top Cyber Security Risks Report, which identifies the growing sophistication and severity of security attacks and the resulting risks.
Ex FBI cyber cop takes job with start-up company
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Fairfax and Bloomberg The FBI's former top cyber cop has taken a job with a start-up company to help protect private-sector computer networks that he says are already under constant attack with intrusions. Shawn Henry recently left the FBI after ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Internet Founder Berners-Lee: CISPA a Threat to Privacy Rights
eWeek
Tim Berners-Lee is the latest to speak out against CISPA, the controversial cyber-securitylegislation scheduled to be voted on by the House next week. The debate over the controversialCyber-Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) continues to ...
House Considers Controversial Internet Security Bill
SEOLawFirm.com Legal News Center
The proposed law, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), would amend the National Security Act of 1947, to add provisions for Internet security and information sharing. CISPA is intended to combat disruption of government or private ...
Cyber criminals making targeted, sustained attacks
Hindu Business Line
Cyber criminals have increased targeted attacks in the first quarter of 2012. Advanced persistent threats (APTs), a long-term, on-going campaign versus the typical smash-and-grab incidents, too are on the rise. Attackers have piggybacked on visible ...
Hindu Business Line
The Politics of the Cyber Legislation Debate
Lawfare (blog)
By Paul Rosenzweig Over the past several weeks, I've written a number of blogs about the substance of the cybersecurity bills pending before Congress. As the House moves to consider cyber legislation next week and as the Senate prepares to begin its ...
Lawfare (blog)
Analysis: "Cybersecurity" bill endangers privacy rights
Ars Technica
By Timothy B. Lee | Published April 18, 2012 12:25 PM The controversy over the CyberIntelligence Sharing and Protection Act intensified on Tuesday when a White House spokeswoman warned Congress not to pass "cybersecurity" legislation without "robust ...
CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Backed By Google, Facebook
Care2.com (blog)
by Kristina Chew The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is a cybersecuritybill that that House is to vote on next week. CISPA is a different creature than SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act that the tech and online community rallied ...
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Comes to a Vote Soon
Bay Area Indymedia
Congress is currently considering HR 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, a bill that purports to protect the United States from “cyber threats”. This bill would, in fact, create a gaping loophole in all existing privacy laws.
SAIC To Establish Cybersecurity Research And Development Center In Australia
Sacramento Bee
The center will provide a collaborative space for SAIC researchers to develop hardware and software to protect information and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. The cybersecurityR&D center will enable SAIC to better support its efforts for ...
CISPA Effectively Addresses Threat of Cybercrime
U.S. News & World Report
The CEO members of the Business Roundtable, leaders of companies that are often the targets of cybercrime, believe that the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA, creates a framework for sharing of cybersecurity information ...
US and China test response capabilities via cyber war games
ZDNet (blog)
By Emil Protalinski | April 18, 2012, 4:51pm PDT Summary: The US and China have held twocyber war games so far to conduct informal talks about how the two would react if they thought they were being attacked. A third meeting is slated for next month.
House GOP leaders rebuff White House push on cybersecurity
The Hill (blog)
“The nation's critical infrastructure cyber vulnerabilities will not be addressed by information-sharing alone,” said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden in a statement. The White House unveiled its own cybersecurity proposal last May.
EXCLUSIVE: Energy CIO Locatis heads to DHS
FederalNewsRadio.com
In his new role, Locatis will lead the coordinated efforts of the cybersecurity and communications office and its components, including the National Cyber Security Division, the Office of Emergency Communications and the National Communications System.
White House raises concerns over CISPA bill
Computerworld
By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld - The White House joined the growing chorus of voices expressing concern over the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) legislation that is scheduled for a vote in the US House of ...
Should the Congress Pass CISPA?
U.S. News & World Report
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA aims to address the threat of cybercrime aimed at US companies and institutions by nefarious countries and groups. The bill, which is sponsored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman ...
U.S. News & World Report
Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation Making Waves
Proformative
Civil liberties advocates are up in arms against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Information Act (CISPA). The cybersecurity bill, which was introduced by Rep. Michael Rogers of Michigan in November of 2011, has raised several red flags for data ...
Resolute Consulting Executive Quoted in International Report on ...
By Blackmere
CHICAGO – Resolute Consulting Executive Vice President Jake Braun was recently quoted in a prominent report on national and international preparedness for a cyber-attack. The Securityand Defence Agenda (SDA) is a Brussels-based ...
Blackmere Consulting
Trend Micro US Vice President of Cybersecurity Joins National Cyber
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2012 -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on cybersecurity awareness and education for all digital citizens, today announced that Trend Micro will join the ...
ITbriefing.net
Meet the new internet power grab, same as the old one. | Lousy ...
By Jason Thibeault
“Cybersecurity” is not actually defined in the bill. Emphasis mine. And if I could make it blink, I would. See, this is another salvo in the international CopyFight, never mind all the pretensions toward “national cyber security”. It's almost certainly ...
Lousy Canuck
Daily Kos: White House criticizes proposed cybersecurity bill
By rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter)
Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to take up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill easily as bad as the infamous SOPA/PIPA that we defeated at the end of last year. ... In a statement, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said any cybersecurity legislation should include strong privacy protections and should set mandatory security standards for critical infrastructure systems, such as electrical grids and water supplies. [...] ...
Daily Kos
SAIC Expanding Australia Operations with New Cyber Center; Steve ...
By Gino Troiani
SAIC Expanding Australia Operations with New Cyber Center; Steve Rizzi Comments · Carahsoft Enters Cybersecurity Partnership; Michael Shrader Comments · Executive Spotlight: Bill Bodie, SVP, Manager of Parsons National Security, ...
ExecutiveBiz
Stuxnet & Duqu, update on cyber weapons usage | Security Affairs
By paganinip
We all know about the malware Stuxnet and Duqu considered unanimously the first examples ofcyber weapon developed by a government to silent attacks critical enemy infrastructures. We have wrote a lot on the topic, we have followed with ...
Security Affairs
Computer scientist to explore battlefield for future wars: cyberspace ...
By Ryan Heinz
Berghel's lecture will include an overview of cyber warfare from both technical and cultural perspectives. Several existing cyber warfare threats will be discussed, including the most effective and complete cyber attack launched to date: Stuxnet, ...
UMSL Daily
8th Air Force Head Delivers Snippets on Big Year | Cyber Innovation ...
By Lisa
Stephen Wilson, head of the Eighth Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base, provided a windshield-tour-style barrage of information about his command, its history, its people, weapons and a big year ahead in a fireside-style talk to the Cyber Innovation Center membership Wednesday. The lunch talk took place at the Silver Star ... Jimmy Doolittle led 16 B-25 bombers, including a number of men trained at Barksdale, on a daring raid to attack Tokyo. Such an attacknever had been ...
Cyber Innovation Center
Smart Grids, Stupid Public Relations
By corporate@oilprice.com (Jen Alic)
“Unless we wake up and realize what we're doing, there is 100% certainty of total catastrophic failure of the entire power infrastructure within 3 years,” is the extremely bleak prediction offered by well-known cyber security expert David Chalk in an online ... Not only are potential vulnerabilities to cyber attack and prognoses of “100% blackouts” riling citizens groups across Europe and North America, but higher costs and health risks perceived to be associated with smart meters are also ...
OilPrice.com Daily News Update
BREAKING NEWS: SOeC Launches Cybersecurity Business Cluster ...
By admin
“San Diego is emerging as a `cyber harbor,' and cybersecurity hot spot similar to the way Silicon Valley became the hub for early computer development in years past. With portions of that industry now commoditized, the leading edge of ... This will serve as a master directory of organizations that are selling cybersecurity products, services, or performing research related to all areas of national concern for information security. A dynamic cross section of both vertical and horizontal ...
Securing Our eCity Blog
DHS: Written testimony of Science and Technology Directorate ...
Written testimony of Science and Technology Directorate Deputy Under Secretary Daniel Gerstein for a House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies hearing ..... with that in FY 2011 and will enable S&T to support the needs of frontline operational components, while conducting R&D work in priority areas such as: Explosives (aviation security); Bio-Threat Security; Cyber Security; and First Responders.
Department of Homeland Security News
Pentagon sees progress, challenges in cyber warfare | InfoWar.com
By admin
“The Pentagon says it is making progress in developing weapons for its newest battleground – cyberspace – but still faces funding, technology and policy challenges.” (Source: Pentagon sees progress, challenges in cyber warfare | Reuters.) ...
InfoWar.com
The Impending Cybersecurity Power Grab – It's not just for the ...
The U.S. cybersecurity strategy will also permit Internet companies to employ dubiously defined 'countermeasures,' provided they are justified with equally ...
https://www.eff.org/.../impending-cybersecurity-power-grab-it...
Can we expect a cyber attack on the smart grid?
The vulnerability of the energy industry's new wireless smart grid will inevitably lead to lights out for everyone, according to leading cyber expert David Chalk.
https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=12742
U.S. Military Academy Exercise Cyber Attack | Cyber Warzone
Apr, 2012 by siavash Tag: cyberattack, cyberdefence, Cybersecurity, DoD, Military ... West Point prepares for cyber-attacks,a team of cadets at West Point will be ...
www.cyberwarzone.com/.../us-military-academy-exercise-cyb...
House to take up cybersecurity bill with revisions | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will take up a cybersecurity bill at the end of April that lets the government and corporations share ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-cybersecurity-congress-idUSBRE8391...
NASA's Cybersecurity: Progress, But Problems
In a hearing called by the House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight to examine the state of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ...
www.clearancejobs.com/.../nasa-s-cybersecurity-progress-but-...
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